The following excerpt is from Dickey-O'Brien v. Yates, No. 2:07-cv-1241 WBS CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2013):
4. Waltreus holds that issues already raised and denied on direct appeal cannot be raised anew in state habeas proceedings. See Waltreus, 62 Cal.2d at 225; Carter v. Giurbino, 385 F.3d 1194, 1198 (9th Cir. 2004).
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